Psychological distress and online advice-seeking in times of COVID-19: vertical and horizontal equity of an e-mental health strategy

Last updated on 3-7-2023 by Pierre Smith

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions increased the psychological distress of the population while the use of on-site mental health care decreased. The provision of online mental health care was therefore scaled up in many European countries. The extent to which online care can deliver services to all people (horizontal equity) according to their needs (vertical equity) is unknown. This study assessed whether online advice-seeking was related to mental health needs and whether different population subgroups were equally likely to seek advice. Methods: A …

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